Cinder-guard



C. M. DENISON.

CINDER GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5. 1919.

Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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UNITED sTATEs r rt san m CHARLES M. DENISON, or Eesrr ORANGE, new JERSEY.

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' I T6 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Crushes M. Diciiison, a citizen of the. United States, and residing at East Orange, in the county of EsseX and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cinder-. Guards, of which the followlng 1s aspecr' fication, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use th'esame.

V This invent on relates to cinderguards and particularly to devices of this class def 'signed foruse in connection with' the'windows and window-frames of passenger cars;

" and the object-ofthe invention is to provide a foldable or collapsible device of the class specified which is normally held in agclosed or inoperative position andadapted to be IIiOVQd'ilfltO. an extended or operative posi-' tion by hand'; a further objectbeing' to pro vide a device of the class specified which 18 V automatically closed; in the operation of i'senger car andshowingymy improvedclnder guard attached thereto 'in its normal tion;

V, Fig. 3 a1 closing a window oi a car; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of "the class andf'for'thepun pose specified'iwhich is simple: in construe tion' and operation and efiicient in use.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, "of which the accompanying drawing forms a part,iin whichthe separate parts'of my improvement are desi g nated by suitable reference characters in each' of the views, and in which:-j

Figure 1 is; acentral vertical section through a part of 'a'window frame of apas- "Fig. 2 is avi'ewslmilar to Fig. lwith parts'of the constrtiction ina diiferent posipartial section on the-line of Fig.2; i

I 1 Fig. 4 a partial section on the line of I Fi 2 on an enlarged scale;

' Fig. 5a partial section on the line Fig. 1 and on an enlarged, scale;

Fig. 6 a artial section" on the" line of'Fig. 4 and on anenlarged scale; and, 1

, Fig.7 a partialsection on the line 77 of Fig.2 and on an enlarged s ale;

fifIn Figs; 1 and2of the drawing, I have indicated :at 10a part of a passenger car, and at 11 oneof the window frames of said car. 7 Mountedin 'and movable vertically in of theiront of the. casing item as shown Specification of Letters liatent. Patented D1311:- App1icationfiled1 Iarch5, 1919. Seria1No. 280,685. i i

the window'frame 1 1 are. upper andlower.

struction may be similar to that usually employed. in railway passenger cars and'is shown diagrammatically to illustrate the sashes 12 and 13. The above described conmethod ofattaching one of my improved E cinder guards 14 in connection with a win-' dow frame. I V

' My improved cinder guard COHIPIISGS an elongated casing 15, composed of a back member 16 and a front and side member 17 which isfL-shapedin form in cross section,

as clearly shown in Figs. 4, o and 7. I The iront and-side member 17 are connected with the upper and lowerjend portions of the taching devices 20'are adaptedto pass in'se curing the casing 15 to one side of the window frame 11 in the manner shown inFigs.

land 2 of the drawing. The connection" of the front and side member 17 with theback member 16 to form a casing 15 produces a.

chamber 21inthe casing whichopens out? wardly through one side thereof as' shown at 22 in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing.

In practice, I pivot to the bottom portion at 2 3 an arm 24t'which is provided with a plurality of oflset portions 25 as clearly the casing 15 as'shown at 27, and adjacent:

33. The shutter members 31 and33 are pr0-" 'vided with inwardly directed fianges 34 and 'at one side edge thereof, while-:the

1 central shuttermember 32 is provided with 7 shown in Figs. 2 and 40f thedrawingand afsimilar arm 26 is pivoted to the'back of c v to the upper end of said casingand is alsoprovided with'a plurality of offset portions I 28. Pivote'd to the offset portions 25 and 28 of the arms 24 and 26 as shown at;29 and 30 respectively. areshutter members 31, 32 and both edge portions thereof, and these flanges cooperate with the flanges 34 and 35. on the shuttermembers 31 -and' 33 respectively,to hold said members intact to prevent the separation thereof, as well as serving to produce a tig'ht connection between the separate shuttermemhers when in their extended 1 .position as-shown in Figs. 2, 4' and 7 of drawing.

g A lever 38 is pivoted centrally oris roeration: of my tatably nioniited in the lower en d 'poitioii oi the front Wall casing 15 asshown at 39 and one end of Which extends into the casing and is )ivoted centrall ot' the router shutter nember 31- as shown at' ll andlthe other end 420i the lever extends outwardly of the casing 15 and serves as a handle or operating arm for the lever, andjby means of which the shutter membera31-33 may be moved by hand into the position shown in 7 Figs. 2, l and 7, andautosiaticall returned ,A coil spring i3 is mounted in the casing V l5-and one end ,o'f'said spring; is attached to the side of the casing as shown at and the other end of which is connected to the *pivoted end of thelever or the end por tion .4001 said lever as shown at -l-5, fand this vspring serves to, hold the shutter .e .l

Ell-33 normally in their closedor in tive position as isindicated in dotted in FigziG and will also serve tohold s shutter members in them open or extended asis indicated in full lines'in 6; The

spring 43 in addition to its foregoing tune tions also aids' to automatically close the shutters as hereinafter set out.

From the foregoing description. the opi-readily understood when taken in connectheir extended positions.

tion with the accompanying drawing and j the followingstatenient. When the guard 1%} 1s inxlts normal position, the shutter members 31 and 33 are normally contained Within the casing 15 as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5, and the lower-sash 13in the Window-frame 11 is closed. i Vhen the lower sash 13" is opened as shovvnin Fig. 52 and it isdesired to use the cinder guard 14-, the shutter Jnlfilbfil'sfil g arenioved into the position shown in Fig. 52 by raising the end portionfli of thelever 38 from the position shown in Fflg. '1 to that shown in Fig. 2,

" which operation extends said shutter .mem-

her by reason of the pivotal connection of J the otheiend portion 40 of said leve with sa d shutter members, and in this i the parts said shutter members are held against upward movement by the spring 34 Winch tends to hold the shutter niernborsin been closedor moved into the position shown 1n 1, the spring 43 will operate to complete the closing of the shutter 1ne1nhers or their movement into the casing 15 improved device will be.

and said spring will hold said shutter members Within the casing until they are moved out into their extended position by hand.

It Will be understood that While I have shown certain details of construction for carrying my ivention into effect, it will be w apparent that I am not limited to these details, and various changes in and modifications of the construction herein shown and described may be made, Within the scope of the appended claims, 'WitllOUfi departing from the spirit of mv'invention, or sacrificing its advantages Having fully described my invention, what I clann new anddeslreto secure by Letters Patent, is a 1. A device of the class described conipr'sing a casing openat one side,-a plurality of shutter members niovably mounted in said casing and adapted to be extended through the open "sidehthereof and With-V a filiOTEHlilO; means mounted in Sit-1d. g andadapted to operatesaid shutter Lil" members, and tensionalinieans mounted in said casing and operating in connection with "POSIfiOH asshown in Figs; 2. 4 and'Z, and

said .lirstnanied means; .7 V

2.- i-i clevice or the class described compris lan elongated bOXQShZLPGd casing; a pluin said casing and adapted tobeextended therefrom and Withdrawn thereinto, a lever mounted in the casing and adapted to operate in connection with, said-lever to hold said shutter nieinbers'in their closed and extended positions.

.A-device of the'class described comprisin a casino a luralit otshutter su orts p 07 V y a v V pivotedto said casing, shutter .inembers rality ot shutter members inovably mounted pivotally-connected with said supports, a; i

lever rotatably mounted inthe casing,' one endof said lever being connected; with one of said shutter members and the other end Poi said lever serving asan operating arm to move theshutter members and their su V c P. ports into different positions, and a tensionaldevice "for holding said shntter-mern hers and their supportsfin their collapsed and extendedpositions v 4, A device otthe class described compris- 7 ing an elongatedbox shaped casing opening outwardl-y'through one side thereof, arms J pivoted to the top land 'bottoln portions of the casing, shutter members pivotally connected. to said arms, a -leverj rotatably- 'mountedin the casing, one end of said lever passing into the casingand being pivoted V to onej'of said shutter menibersythe other endyot saidT-le'ver extendingoutvvardl'yi through the'casing and serving as an oper atlng arm-to move 'the'shutter members and said arms into different positions, and a spring secured to the casing and to. the central portion of said lever adapted to .hold the shutter members and said arms in their operative and inoperative posit1ons.

I A device of the class described comprising an elongated box-shaped oasmg opening outwardly through one side thereof, arms pivoted to the top and bottom portions of the oas1ng,-said arms beingeach provlded With plurality oioflset portions, shutter-mem bers pivotahy oonneoted to the offset portions of said arms, the adjacent edges oi said shutter members being overlappedand interlocked, a lever rotatably mounted in v the casing, one end of which is pivotedito one of said shutter members and the other end of which serves as an operating arm to move the shutter members, and said arms into different positions, a spring secured to the casing and to the "centralportion of said lever and adapted to hold the shutter members and said arms in their operatlve and inoperative positions.

6. A guard device of the class described comprising two pivoted arms, a plurality oI shutter members pivotally oonneoted with each of said arms, astationary support and [a'lever rotatably mounted in said support,

one end of said lever being connected with one of said shutter members and the other I end of said lever serving as an operating tions- 7 .A guard device pram olass described comprising two pivoted arms, said arms be ing each provided With a plurality or it-- set portions, shutter members pivotally connested to the offset portions of said arms, a stationary support, a lever rotatablymounted in said support, one end of said lever being pivoted to one of said shutter members and the ,other end of which servesv as an operating arm to move the shutter members and said arms into" different positions, and a spring connected W1th said lever and adaptedto hold the shutter members and Witnesses: V

' C. E. MULREAN H: E. THOMPSON.

arm to move the shutter members and said arms 111130 their collapsed and extended posi- CHARLES M. DENISON. 

